04-29-2013
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Yeah but if it does happen to crash the process
What if you copy the log file before using gzip on the static copy? That way you avoid any possibility for glitch.
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cr_uncompress
cr_uncompress(3) Library Functions Manual cr_uncompress(3)
NAME
cr_uncompress - uncompress a file in a crash dump
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
The ensures that a file, part of a crash dump described by crash_cb, is uncompressed and matches its expected size and checksum (as com-
puted by cksum(1)). This call is most often used to ensure the integrity of module files that are a part of the crash dump; see
cr_info(3).
pathname is the name of the file to uncompress. Supported compression methods include gzip(1), which appends a to the filename, and com-
press(1), which appends Respectively, size and checksum are the expected size and checksum of the uncompressed file. Either validity check
can be disabled by specifying zero for the corresponding parameter.
RETURN VALUE
Returns zero for success. Other possible return values are described in libcrash(5).
EXAMPLE
The following call to cr_uncompress(3) ensures that the kernel file is uncompressed and validated.
AUTHOR
was developed by HP.
SEE ALSO
gunzip(1), uncompress(1), cr_info(3), cr_open(3), libcrash(5).
cr_uncompress(3)